When LOVE beckons … ( 05 / 26 / 2013 )
When LOVE beckons … ( 05 / 26 / 2013 )
“ When LOVE beckons to you , follow him , though his ways are hard and steep . And when his wings enfold you , yield to him , though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you . And when he speaks to you , believe in him , though his voice may shatter your dreams , just as the north wind lays waste the garden .
For even as LOVE crowns you so shall he crucify you . Even as he is for your growth , so is he for your pruning . Even as he ascends to your height and caresses your most tender branches that quiver in the sun , so shall he descend to your roots and shake them in their clinging .
And yet if in your fear you would seek only love ’ s false peace or love ’ s fleeting pleasures , then it is better for you that you cover your nakedness and depart from true LOVE ’ s threshing-floor , for LOVE gives naught but itself , and takes naught but from itself . LOVE possesses not nor would it be possessed …
… For LOVE is sufficient unto LOVE .
And yet if your Love must needs have desires , let these be those desires : to melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night … to know the pain of too much tenderness … to be wounded by your deep understanding of unity … to bleed your LOVE for others willingly & joyfully .
… For this is what it is to LOVE .”
~ inspired by Kahlil Gibran
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